Verarmung

[fɛɐ̯ˈʔaʁmʊŋ]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʔaʁmʊŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Verarmung” is uncommon German (frequency #50,142 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,142
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorgang, bei dem ein Verlust an finanziellen und anderen Mitteln eintritt

Corpus desk

Index DE-verarmung · Verarmung · German

Verarmung · rank #50,142 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,142
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verabscheut

Nearest frequency peer: verabscheut (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Verarmung“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Verarmung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Verarmung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerarmung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʔaʁmʊŋ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,142
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Verarmung“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Verarmungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verabscheut“ (#50,141), „verbrecherischen“ (#50,143), „verabscheuen“ (#50,140). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Verarmung“ bei #50,142. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Verarmung is uncommon German at frequency #50,142 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaʁmʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vorgang, bei dem ein Verlust an finanziellen und anderen Mitteln eintritt".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Verarmung, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Verarmung, spelled V-E-R-A-R-M-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vorgang, bei dem ein Verlust an finanziellen und anderen Mitteln eintritt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Verarmung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die massive Geldentwertung der Reichsmark seit Beginn des Ersten Weltkrieges führte in diesen Jahren zu einer Verarmung großer Teile der deutschen Mittelschicht.“

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Verarmung"?
"Verarmung" is spelled V-E-R-A-R-M-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaʁmʊŋ].
What does "Verarmung" mean?
As a noun, "Verarmung" means: Vorgang, bei dem ein Verlust an finanziellen und anderen Mitteln eintritt
How do you pronounce "Verarmung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verarmung" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʔaʁmʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verarmung" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Verarmung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list